A bathymetric survey in the vicinity of Kavachi volcano was carried out on 11 August by the HMNZS Tui. The ship made three parallel transits, ~1,200 m apart, over the summit of the unnamed seamount ~7 km NW of Kavachi. The summit is mostly flat, with a depth of at least 130 m found on each pass. The transit farthest NE showed a shallow and a deep crater on the tracing of the 12 kHz echo sounder. The 44-kHz echo sounder showed two small plumes rising to mid-water depth on either side of the smaller crater.

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A bathymetric survey in the vicinity of Kavachi volcano was carried out on 11 August by the HMNZS Tui. The ship made three parallel transits, ~1,200 m apart, over the summit of the unnamed seamount ~7 km NW of Kavachi. The summit is mostly flat, with a depth of at least 130 m found on each pass. The transit farthest NE showed a shallow and a deep crater on the tracing of the 12 kHz echo sounder. The 44-kHz echo sounder showed two small plumes rising to mid-water depth on either side of the smaller crater.

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Basic Data

Volcano Number

Last Known Eruption

Elevation

LatitudeLongitude

255061

Unknown - Evidence Credible

-240 m / -787 ft

8.92°S
158.03°E

Volcano Types

Submarine(es)

Rock Types

MajorAndesite / Basaltic Andesite

Tectonic Setting

Subduction zoneCrustal thickness unknown

Population

Within 5 kmWithin 10 kmWithin 30 kmWithin 100 km

0
6
8,101
52,212

Geological Summary

A seamount was mapped during a 1979 cruise about 9 km NE of Kavachi (Okugrin, 1985) that appeared to have been recently active; porphyrics and aphyric "youthful" andesitic rocks were dredged from that location. Another seamount 7 km NW of Kavachi was capped by corals, and a small peak was noted on the SW flank of the volcanic seamount (see map after Okugrin, 1985, in Exon and Johnson, 1986).

References

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Deformation History

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Incorporated Research Institutions for Seismology (IRIS) Data Services map showing the location of seismic stations from all available networks (permanent or temporary) within a radius of 0.18° (about 20 km at mid-latitudes) from the given location of Unnamed. Users can customize a variety of filters and options in the left panel. Note that if there are no stations are known the map will default to show the entire world with a "No data matched request" error notice.

Geodetic Data Services map from UNAVCO showing the location of GPS/GNSS stations from all available networks (permanent or temporary) within a radius of 20 km from the given location of Unnamed. Users can customize the data search based on station or network names, location, and time window. Requires Adobe Flash Player.

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WOVOdat is a database of volcanic unrest; instrumentally and visually recorded changes in seismicity, ground deformation, gas emission, and other parameters from their normal baselines. It is sponsored by the World Organization of Volcano Observatories (WOVO) and presently hosted at the Earth Observatory of Singapore.

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